One of the chief differences between an adult and a juvenile is that the adult knows when he is an ass while the juvenile never does.

Action is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms to regain one's balance and keep afloat.

When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.

The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.

We are made kind by being kind.

Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.

Excesses are essentially gestures. It is easy to be extremely cruel, magnanimous, humble or self-sacrificing when we see ourselves as actors in a performance.